Bianca Andreescu, Sorana Cirstea and Varvara Gracheva were also triumphant

Jessica Pegula also enjoyed a straightforward route into the fourth round

Aryna Sabalenka avoided the route of upsets and made it through to R32

Thrice former winner Victoria Azarenka also began the event on a triumphant note

Linda Noskova, Karolina Muchova and Leylah Fernandez also won their opening-round encounters

Katherine Sebov, Xiyu Wang and Irina-Camelia Begu had to dig deep to score their wins

The 23-year-old ousted both the top two seeds at the BNP Paribas Open

Sabalenka's contesting her third WTA finale at the BNP Paribas Open, after Adelaide and Australian Open

Rybakina barely outlasted Karolina Muchova in their last-eight meeting

This is the third semi-final Sabalenka's reached in 2023 while Sakkari's making a return after 2022

Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Maria Sakkari and Karolina Muchova are the other players in the quarters

Marketa Vondrousova halts Ons Jabeur's progress in the desert

Maria Sakkari and Petra Kvitova also outlasted their respective opponents in their round-of-32 match-ups

Emma Raducanu and Bianca Andreescu also came through to the round-of-32

Amanda Anisimova, Donna Vekic and Ekaterina Alexandrova also exited the WTA 1000 tournament

Karolina Muchova also entered the next round in the WTA 1000 event

Alycia Parks had yet another early exit at the hands of Anna Kalinskaya

Kostyuk came through in straight sets against Varvara Gracheva

The three-set battle saw Vekic come through as the victor against the favoured Garcia

Garcia's been in roaring form in the WTA 250 event as has Donna Vekic

There'll be a new champion on the WTA Tour in the maiden edition of the tournament

Donna Vekic, Elise Mertens and Lin Zhu made it four for four for seeds in the quarters in Monterrey

Varvara Gracheva, Stephens' conqueror will have a face-off against Katie Volynets

Mayar Sherif's match against Xinyu Wang was one of the most memorable matches in the WTA 250 event

Marta Kostyuk and Sloane Stephens are the two other seeds remaining in the draw

Elise Mertens came up with a dominant display against Diana Shnaider

Other seeds made their way into the pre-quarters

Giorgi was in a really good form throughout even in the title round against Peterson

Peterson needed three sets to win her semi-final while Giorgi won in straight sets

Krejcikova defeated the top-three seeds in the quarters, semis and the title round